(she/her)
artist
choreographer
dramaturg
facilitator the body | care | speculating on futures︎︎︎Email
I inherit immigrant Italian heritage through my mother,
British settler heritage through my father.
I speak English, Spanish, Catalan,
the latter two languages gathered thanks to a
serendipitous culmination of place, relationships and circumstances.
the work is deeply involved in traversing the future of the Anthropocene, with a sensitivity to place and landscape to unearth physical, contextual and ecological reciprocity. There is no escaping the wild, arid desert landscape surrounding Mparntwe (Alice Springs) - which I have inhabited since 2020 - and my work reflects this place in its temporal, physical and social specificities.
I challenge audiences not to sit in grief and apathy but to acknowledge and realise our co-existence (participation within) the more-than-human world brings immense responsibility to the ecological crises of our own making. I am fascinated with the human obsession for solidity and order, despite we are living, breathing and walking across a planet which has always been in constant shift beneath our feet.
The work activates industrial materials in experimental ways, revealing complex relationships through the delicate handling of these junk-like objects with radical care and tenderness. By bringing our bodies into relationship with object, we bestow a sense of preciousness - precious plastic, precious metal, precious rubbish - and see our fragility, our unbalance and our clumsiness reflected back at us.
I challenge audiences not to sit in grief and apathy but to acknowledge and realise our co-existence (participation within) the more-than-human world brings immense responsibility to the ecological crises of our own making. I am fascinated with the human obsession for solidity and order, despite we are living, breathing and walking across a planet which has always been in constant shift beneath our feet.
The work activates industrial materials in experimental ways, revealing complex relationships through the delicate handling of these junk-like objects with radical care and tenderness. By bringing our bodies into relationship with object, we bestow a sense of preciousness - precious plastic, precious metal, precious rubbish - and see our fragility, our unbalance and our clumsiness reflected back at us.
Offering futures
of hope,
residing within dystopic shells.
As a performer and an emerging dramaturg, I experience the deep care, respect and critical discussion artists undertake on a daily basis, inspiring my own curiosity and dedication. As a facilitator, I am privileged to work with young people across so-called Australia, in schools, town camps, detention facilities and remote communities, and am constantly buoyed by the joy, intelligence and power our young people hold.
people and organisations
who support the work
Alongside countless generous collaborators, I attempt to make my practice more kindred to ecosystems, timescales, seasons and species. Some human supporters include:
GUTS Dance
Frankie Snowdon
Madeleiene Krenek
Tasdance / Assembly 197
Jenni Large
Anna Whitaker
Michael Smith
Pierce Eldridge
Metro Arts
Katina Olsen
Daniele Constance
Samakshi Sidhu
GUTS Dance
Frankie Snowdon
Madeleiene Krenek
Tasdance / Assembly 197
Jenni Large
Anna Whitaker
Michael Smith
Pierce Eldridge
Metro Arts
Katina Olsen
Daniele Constance
Samakshi Sidhu
PERFORMANCES
2021 - Performer, Body Body Commodity, choreographed by Jenni Large
2023 - Performer, White Lies, choreographed by Katina Olsen.
2023 - Performer, Authentic Amateurs, choreographed by Madeleine Krenek.
2022
2022 Performer, Jurrungu Ngan-na (Straight Talk) w/ Marrugeku
2019 - 2021 Performer, Awesome: A state of wonder and fear,
choreographed by Liesel Zink.
2020 - 2021 Performer, Dance: A short homage w/ GUTS Dance
2019 - 2020 Performer, The Perception Experiment w/ GUTS Dance
2017 Performer, All We Need Is, created by Grace Euna Kim (Spain)
2016 Performer, DUST w/ Companyia AGITART (Spain)
2016 Performer, 16 Bars, choreographed by Jamaal Burkmaar Dance (UK).
2015 Performer, Young Man! w/ Denada Dance Theatre (Spain)
COLLABORATIONS + ADJACENT ACTIVITIES
2021 - ongoing Choreographer. Looks Like A Tourist w/ Daniele Constance
https://www.danieleconstance.com.au/looks-like-a-tourist
2018 - ongoing Choreographer. Alice Can Dance w/ GUTS Dance
https://www.gutsdance.org.au/public-programs/alice-can-dance
2021 Mentor, Rival Planes w/ Stompin
2013 - 2018 Founding member. AGITART & Festival Figueres es mou
https://www.figueresesmou.cat/
2018 - 2021 Program Manager. Supercell Festival of Contemporary Dance
2023 Tour Manager, Value For Money, GUTS Dance AUS National Tour.
https://www.gutsdance.org.au/projects/value-for-money
2019 - 2021 Artists-On-Tour w/ Artback NT.
2019 Movement Direction, Fact of Matter: William Forsythe @ GOMA.
2021 - Performer, Body Body Commodity, choreographed by Jenni Large
2023 - Performer, White Lies, choreographed by Katina Olsen.
2023 - Performer, Authentic Amateurs, choreographed by Madeleine Krenek.
2022
2022 Performer, Jurrungu Ngan-na (Straight Talk) w/ Marrugeku
2019 - 2021 Performer, Awesome: A state of wonder and fear,
choreographed by Liesel Zink.
2020 - 2021 Performer, Dance: A short homage w/ GUTS Dance
2019 - 2020 Performer, The Perception Experiment w/ GUTS Dance
2017 Performer, All We Need Is, created by Grace Euna Kim (Spain)
2016 Performer, DUST w/ Companyia AGITART (Spain)
2016 Performer, 16 Bars, choreographed by Jamaal Burkmaar Dance (UK).
2015 Performer, Young Man! w/ Denada Dance Theatre (Spain)
COLLABORATIONS + ADJACENT ACTIVITIES
2021 - ongoing Choreographer. Looks Like A Tourist w/ Daniele Constance
https://www.danieleconstance.com.au/looks-like-a-tourist
2018 - ongoing Choreographer. Alice Can Dance w/ GUTS Dance
https://www.gutsdance.org.au/public-programs/alice-can-dance
2021 Mentor, Rival Planes w/ Stompin
2013 - 2018 Founding member. AGITART & Festival Figueres es mou
https://www.figueresesmou.cat/
2018 - 2021 Program Manager. Supercell Festival of Contemporary Dance
2023 Tour Manager, Value For Money, GUTS Dance AUS National Tour.
https://www.gutsdance.org.au/projects/value-for-money
2019 - 2021 Artists-On-Tour w/ Artback NT.
2019 Movement Direction, Fact of Matter: William Forsythe @ GOMA.
RESIDENCIES & FELLOWSHIPS
2024 Studio1 Creative Residency.
Meanjin, Brisbane.
2024 Metro Arts Creative Residency Program.
Meanjin, Brisbane.
2024 Artist-in-Residence, ARTS NT Creative Residencies.
Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory.
2024 Project Seed, Red Hot Arts Central Australia.
Mparntwe, NT.
2023 The Unconformity Artist-in-residence program.
Queenstown, lutruwita.
2023 AIRIE Fellowship, Everglades National Park.
Miami, Florida (USA)
2022 Moving Forward Residency, Lucy Guerin Inc.
Naarm, VIC.
2022 Project Seed, Red Hot Arts Central Australia.
Mparntwe, NT.
2021 Judith Wright First Night Project
Meanjin, QLD.
2021 Metro Arts Creative Residency Program.
Meanjin, QLD.
2021 Spill (Your GUTS) Residency
Mparntwe, NT.
2020 Artist in Residence in the Tropics (A.R.T) Dancenorth.
Gurrumbilbarra, QLD.
2020 Metro Arts Creative Residency Program.
Meanjin, Brisbane.
2019 Four Walls Residency, Australasian Dance Collective.
Meanjin, Brisbane.
2019 Place2Play, Sunshine Coast Council.
Caloundra, QLD.
EDUCATION
2016 Postgraduate in Production and Cultural Event Management.
Universitat de Barcelona, Spain.
2014 Postgraduate Diploma, VERVE. University of Kent.
Leeds, UK.
2012 Bachelor of Fine Arts, Dance Performance. QUT.
Meanjin, QLD
2024 Studio1 Creative Residency.
Meanjin, Brisbane.
2024 Metro Arts Creative Residency Program.
Meanjin, Brisbane.
2024 Artist-in-Residence, ARTS NT Creative Residencies.
Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory.
2024 Project Seed, Red Hot Arts Central Australia.
Mparntwe, NT.
2023 The Unconformity Artist-in-residence program.
Queenstown, lutruwita.
2023 AIRIE Fellowship, Everglades National Park.
Miami, Florida (USA)
2022 Moving Forward Residency, Lucy Guerin Inc.
Naarm, VIC.
2022 Project Seed, Red Hot Arts Central Australia.
Mparntwe, NT.
2021 Judith Wright First Night Project
Meanjin, QLD.
2021 Metro Arts Creative Residency Program.
Meanjin, QLD.
2021 Spill (Your GUTS) Residency
Mparntwe, NT.
2020 Artist in Residence in the Tropics (A.R.T) Dancenorth.
Gurrumbilbarra, QLD.
2020 Metro Arts Creative Residency Program.
Meanjin, Brisbane.
2019 Four Walls Residency, Australasian Dance Collective.
Meanjin, Brisbane.
2019 Place2Play, Sunshine Coast Council.
Caloundra, QLD.
EDUCATION
2016 Postgraduate in Production and Cultural Event Management.
Universitat de Barcelona, Spain.
2014 Postgraduate Diploma, VERVE. University of Kent.
Leeds, UK.
2012 Bachelor of Fine Arts, Dance Performance. QUT.
Meanjin, QLD